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Recent Events Jan 20 Earnings Announcement Location 205 West Fourth Street, Suite 1140 Cincinnati, OH 45202 Phone: (513) 381-1480 Fax: (513) 381-2813 Employees as of 3/99: 237 Financial Links  ·Top Institutional Holders  ·Top Mutual Fund Holders  ·Historical Quote Data  ·Journal Archive  ·Raw SEC Filings Competitors:  ·Sector: Services  ·Industry: Printing Services Company Website  ·Home Page  ·Search Yahoo! for related links... Ownership · Insider: 99% · Over the last 6 months:  · 4 insider buys; 17.0K shares (0.7% of insider shares) · Institutional: 9% (900% of float) (11 institutions)

Business Summary Multi-Color Corp. is one of the largest producers of printed labels for branded consumer products in the United States. Labels printed by the Company appear principally on mass-marketed products for which label appearance is a significant element of product marketing and merchandising. Multi-Color produces labels for a variety of consumer products including liquid detergents, fabric softeners, food products, liquid cleaners, anti-freeze and chewing gum. Multi-Color provides printed in-mold labels to consumer product companies and sells the unprinted in-mold label substrate to other label printing companies. The Company recently introduced the following value added products and capabilities: a clear film that the Company believes will outperform competitive products and is well suited for the personal care market; and printing techniques that offer enhanced graphic appeal particularly where metallic decorating is required to differentiate premium products. Financial Summary Multi-Color produces printed labels for branded consumer products such as liquid detergents, food products, fabric softners, anti-freeze and chewing gum. For the 26 weeks ended 9/99, revenues rose 12% to $26.6 million. Net income applicable to Common before accounting change totaled $1.6 million vs. a loss of $224 thousand. Revenues reflect an increase in sales volume, and product mix changes. Earnings reflect higher gross margin, and the absence of a $726 thousand environmental and related charges. Recent Earnings Announcement For the 3 months ended 12/31/1999, revenues were 12,795; after tax earnings were 1,020. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of dollars.) Officers [Insider Trade Data] FY1999 Compensation Pay Exer Lorrence Kellar Chairman --   --   Francis Gerace, 46 Pres, CEO $263K --   Dawn Bertsche VP of Fin., CFO and Sec. --   --   Gordon Bonfield, 47 Director 342K --   John Voelker, 55 VP of Sales & Marketing 154K $21K Dollar amounts are as of 28-Mar-1999 and compensation values are for the fiscal year ending on that date; "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc.; "Exer" is the value of options excercised during the fiscal year. More from Market Guide: Highlights -Performance - Ratio Comparisons